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Green River
Community College
Energy assistance
by Karen Bielaga
Low-income Energy Assistance Pro­grams
(L.E.A.P.'s) will begin on Monday
for residents of Pierce and South King
Counties. These programs are for peo­ple
who are not currently receiving
public assistance and are in need of
financial aid to pay monthly fuel bills .
. The programs will cover bills for heating
oil, natural gas, eletricity, coal and
wood. Both programs will run until July
31. The South King County program,
which will serve residents of the county
who live outside of the city limits of
Seattle, will be retroactive to October 1,
1980.
Allocation of funds for these pro­grams
will be based on the number of
people in a household and the income of
that household. All applicants who feel
that they may be eligible are encouraged
to apply. Applicants must first telephone
for an appointment. The Pierce County
program can be reached by calling
863-0451or1-800-562-6350. Numbers
for the South King County program are
941-4126 and 941-4023.
At the time of the interview, the ap-
Bob Walker, Director of Financial
Aid
plicants will be asked to provide income
verification, unpaid utility bills, and pro­of
of identificatiqn.
The programs are sponsored by the
Community Action Agency Service in
Sumner for Pierce County and the
programs
agency manager
South King County Multi-Service Center
February 6, 1981
Volume 16, No. 12
·begin
in Auburn. Both agencies had similar Funding for these programs comes
programs last year, in which an from the Planning and Community Af­estimated
caseload of 5,000 was serv- fairs Agency in Olympia. Any payments
ed. Both agencies feel that last year's from these programs will be sent directly
programs were successful and are an- to the utility agency involved to guard
ticipating the same for this year. against fraud.
arked cars to be ed Senator Jackson to
from sit'e of new park speak at GRCC
Cars that are parked on the "mud lot"
will be towed beginning Monday
\ because that is the scheduled date for
construction to begin on the new King
County park. The lot is located across
the street from the college on SE 320th
St.
King County and the construction
company that is building the park, con­tacted
the school this week to alert
students that both the county and the
college have authority to impound cars
parked in the area. It was emphasized
that immediate action would be taken in
those instances.
The owner of the contstruction com­pany,
Gerri Graham, ,stated that ad­.
vance warning was given to students
because "it would be costly for them (if
towed) and we didn't want to do that to
the kids."
The county contracted Graham
KGRG to receive $6,CXXJ
The Senate passed a bill to grant
$6,000 to KGRG, the college's radio sta­tion,
to purchase a 100-watt transmitter
yesterday.
Because of a Federal Communica­tions
Commission ruling, the new
transmitter is needed for the station's
continuing existence. The FCC no
longer recognizes radio stations under
100-watts because there is an excess of
10 -watt stations in the United States.
KGRG is currently a 10-watt stati_on.
The Senate Public Relations Commit­tee
conducted a survey in the Lindbloom
Student Center on Monday to learn of
, student opinion of the $6,000 bill. A ma­jority
of the respondents urged support
of the bill, and also suggested other
possibilities for school improvement,
which the committee is in the process of
reviewing.
An open forum was conducted on
Tuesday in the Board of Trustees Room
on campus to hear public comment on
the bill.
Builders and Truckers to construct the
park last March. Because of an architec­tural
error, construction activities were
halted after two months of work.
United States Senator Henry M.
Jackson will address GRCC students
Tuesday in the Lindbloom Student
Center at 3:30 p.m. He will be meeting
with Dr. James Chadbourne and the col­.
lege's Board of Trustees prior to that
time.
. The Senator will also be speaking at
: South Seattle Community CoNege on
Monday at 1:30 p.m., at a breakfast
hosted by the Auburn Chamber of Com­merce
Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. along
with Congressman Norm Dicks, and will
be appearing at a reception in Enumclaw
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The reception will
be hosted by Nigel Adams, an instructor
at GRCC.
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Arts a11d e11tertai11me11t
Alcoholism feature
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part-two . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7
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Green River
Community College
Energy assistance
by Karen Bielaga
Low-income Energy Assistance Pro­grams
(L.E.A.P.'s) will begin on Monday
for residents of Pierce and South King
Counties. These programs are for peo­ple
who are not currently receiving
public assistance and are in need of
financial aid to pay monthly fuel bills .
. The programs will cover bills for heating
oil, natural gas, eletricity, coal and
wood. Both programs will run until July
31. The South King County program,
which will serve residents of the county
who live outside of the city limits of
Seattle, will be retroactive to October 1,
1980.
Allocation of funds for these pro­grams
will be based on the number of
people in a household and the income of
that household. All applicants who feel
that they may be eligible are encouraged
to apply. Applicants must first telephone
for an appointment. The Pierce County
program can be reached by calling
863-0451or1-800-562-6350. Numbers
for the South King County program are
941-4126 and 941-4023.
At the time of the interview, the ap-
Bob Walker, Director of Financial
Aid
plicants will be asked to provide income
verification, unpaid utility bills, and pro­of
of identificatiqn.
The programs are sponsored by the
Community Action Agency Service in
Sumner for Pierce County and the
programs
agency manager
South King County Multi-Service Center
February 6, 1981
Volume 16, No. 12
·begin
in Auburn. Both agencies had similar Funding for these programs comes
programs last year, in which an from the Planning and Community Af­estimated
caseload of 5,000 was serv- fairs Agency in Olympia. Any payments
ed. Both agencies feel that last year's from these programs will be sent directly
programs were successful and are an- to the utility agency involved to guard
ticipating the same for this year. against fraud.
arked cars to be ed Senator Jackson to
from sit'e of new park speak at GRCC
Cars that are parked on the "mud lot"
will be towed beginning Monday
\ because that is the scheduled date for
construction to begin on the new King
County park. The lot is located across
the street from the college on SE 320th
St.
King County and the construction
company that is building the park, con­tacted
the school this week to alert
students that both the county and the
college have authority to impound cars
parked in the area. It was emphasized
that immediate action would be taken in
those instances.
The owner of the contstruction com­pany,
Gerri Graham, ,stated that ad­.
vance warning was given to students
because "it would be costly for them (if
towed) and we didn't want to do that to
the kids."
The county contracted Graham
KGRG to receive $6,CXXJ
The Senate passed a bill to grant
$6,000 to KGRG, the college's radio sta­tion,
to purchase a 100-watt transmitter
yesterday.
Because of a Federal Communica­tions
Commission ruling, the new
transmitter is needed for the station's
continuing existence. The FCC no
longer recognizes radio stations under
100-watts because there is an excess of
10 -watt stations in the United States.
KGRG is currently a 10-watt stati_on.
The Senate Public Relations Commit­tee
conducted a survey in the Lindbloom
Student Center on Monday to learn of
, student opinion of the $6,000 bill. A ma­jority
of the respondents urged support
of the bill, and also suggested other
possibilities for school improvement,
which the committee is in the process of
reviewing.
An open forum was conducted on
Tuesday in the Board of Trustees Room
on campus to hear public comment on
the bill.
Builders and Truckers to construct the
park last March. Because of an architec­tural
error, construction activities were
halted after two months of work.
United States Senator Henry M.
Jackson will address GRCC students
Tuesday in the Lindbloom Student
Center at 3:30 p.m. He will be meeting
with Dr. James Chadbourne and the col­.
lege's Board of Trustees prior to that
time.
. The Senator will also be speaking at
: South Seattle Community CoNege on
Monday at 1:30 p.m., at a breakfast
hosted by the Auburn Chamber of Com­merce
Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. along
with Congressman Norm Dicks, and will
be appearing at a reception in Enumclaw
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The reception will
be hosted by Nigel Adams, an instructor
at GRCC.
Inside this issue
0 ..
ptlllOll • • • • • • • • • • • •
Se11ate by-laws
a11d ame11dme11ts . . . . .
Arts a11d e11tertai11me11t
Alcoholism feature
.page2
.page 3
.page4
part-two . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7
Classified ads . . . . . . . . page 8